What We Eat: Ready-made Salads In Stores Are Fake

Video: What We Eat: Ready-made Salads In Stores Are Fake

Video: What We Eat: Ready-made Salads In Stores Are Fake
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What We Eat: Ready-made Salads In Stores Are Fake
What We Eat: Ready-made Salads In Stores Are Fake
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Russian salad without eggs, Snow White without milk - every second Bulgarian has come across similar batches of ready-made salads. In the period around the holidays the quantities of goods with missing products has increased.

According to the latest report of the non-governmental organization Active Consumers, most of the Russian salads sold in our country lack eggs. Only 3 out of 14 Snow White salads found found traces of yogurt.

The eggs in the Russian salad have been replaced with a minimum of 3 preservatives made from eggs, such as heat-stable yolk and others. Numerous sources of carbohydrates, such as sugar, starch, polysaccharide thickeners, are also found in its composition. Among the usual products, soy and pork protein and collagen also make an impression.

The most commonly found preservatives in ready-made Russian salads are sorbic acid, sodium nitrate and sodium benzoate. Thanks to these chemical compounds, the shelf life of these products increases.

Snow White
Snow White

In Snow White there are as follows - starch, milk powder, milk protein, palm and other vegetable fats, as well as mayonnaise. Gelatin is also used as a thickener in 4 products.

Regarding the preservatives in it, the indicators are better - it usually contains 1 type, most often it is sobric acid.

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